舊文重貼 Chopping Board

 

舊文重貼  Chopping Board

佛城今日

天空昏暗

陰雨濛濛

想起

清明時節雨紛紛 路上行人欲斷魂

借問酒家何處有 牧童遙指杏花村

- 杜牧 -

更憶當年

建中國文老師

王亞春

在黑板上

改寫成的長短句

清明時節雨

紛紛路上行人

欲斷魂

借問酒家何處

有牧童遙指杏花村

感到另有一番風味

也想起十幾年前

我的一篇貼文

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Chopping Board

Our classmates, the modern poets, had worked together,

trying to chop the "清明" poem by 杜牧.

The followings are the chopping process and the end result.

D.J. Lee has recorded the entire process and sequence as follow:

He said:

" Ying-Ming Lee first placed a poem on the chopping board."

And he did the first chop.

清明雨紛紛 行人欲斷魂

酒家何處有 遙指杏花村

"Obliged to assist his endeavor, I did my share."

清明時雨 行人斷魂

酒家何處 指杏花村

And finally Wei Hsueh did her job.

清明雨  人斷魂

 問酒家  杏花村

"At this point, I shall ask Lord for mercy."

D.J. Lee said.

Then, trying to do the final cut, Yeh Tze said:

"Wait for a moment, here is the real final ending."

清明 斷魂

酒家 花村

D.J. Lee obviously approved it and said:

"Yes Sir, you did the final cut."

....

雙城記 - 佛城

The Yehtze Journal

(Mar. 29, 2023  於佛城)

葉子 (Yeh Tze)

望長空浮雲慢飛

 

望長空浮雲慢飛

雨過天晴

西邊天際

長空浮雲慢飛

夕陽漸低

....

....

雙城記 - 佛城

The Yehtze Journal

(Mar. 28, 2023  於佛城 Enclave at Mission Falls)

葉子 (Yeh Tze)

幽山美地

幽山美地

But no temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite

Every rock in its wall seems to glow with life

- John Muir -

一八六八春天

蘇格蘭自然主義學家

John Muir

從舊金山

走了三百哩

來到 Yosemite

對這裏的幽山美地

著了魔

....

(Peter and Donna Thomas plotted Muir’s journey) 

....

一九七八夏天

葉子偕夫人

從那帕

開車五小時

來到 Yosemite Valley

深入人間仙境

以後又重遊幾次

....

知父莫若女兒

幾年前

老爸生日

大女兒送他一本

Essential John Muir

因為

她深知

老父喜愛大自然

聳山峻嶺

在乎山水之間也

....

今年老母生日

二女兒

也特地安排

一趟

Yosemite Valley tour

又見

遠古冰山琢磨的

危巖峭壁

參天的古木

森林秘境

傍晚住進

Historic Ahwahnee

古色古香

窗邊閒坐

Half Dome 在眼前

翌晨

谷底雪地漫步走

六哩半

一萬五千步

難以忘懷

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks

- John Muir -

....

Muir recalled that 

after hopping off the boat in San Francisco on March 28, 1868, 

he asked a carpenter on the street the quickest way out of the chaotic city. 

"Where do you want to go?" the carpenter replied, and Muir responded, 

"Anywhere that is wild." 

Muir started walking east.

....

The Yehtze Journal

(Mar. 25,26, 2023 於 Yosemite Valley)

葉子 (Yeh Tze)

老家白樺 三十而立

 

而立之年的白樺 

Birches

When I see birches bend to left and right

Across the lines of straighter darker trees

I like to think some boy's been swinging them

- Robert Frost -

 

....

老家門前

白樺樹

三十而立

今又迎春

曼長披拂的枝條

長出嫩綠的新葉

朝陽照下

千條垂枝誰梳裁

三月春風有盤算

....

....

雙城記 - 那帕

The Yehtze Journal

(Mar. 24, 2023 於那帕谷老家門前)

葉子 (Yeh Tze)

楓情三十年

楓情三十年

那帕老家

庭院的楓樹

芳齡三十

春分來後

又長新葉

青綠嬌嫩

楓樹幾回青

獨嘆楓之葉

春時好顏色

....

....

雙城記 - 那帕

The Yehtze Journal

(Mar. 23, 2023 於那帕谷老家庭院)

葉子 (Yeh Tze)